Category Archives: Hyperstar and SXV-H9C

Images taken with the Hyperstar and SXV-H9C Camera

M33 – The Triangulum Galaxy

Absolutely all the data I have on the Triangulum Galaxy.

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Merope and Ally’s Braid

This is the second (and final) bit of ancient history that I’ll be looking at today. This time it is Merope (and Ally’s braid) again in the Pleiades, this time from 25/12/2005 (so it looks like I was out imaging … Continue reading

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Alcyone in the Pleiades

Sometimes it is good to delve into a bit of ancient history to see how things have developed (or not). This image of Alcyone (in the Pleiades) is from 20/11/2005. It was taken using an original Hyperstar (no collimation or … Continue reading

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M33 – The Triangulum Galaxy – Sans Stars

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The Monkey Head Nebula

The Monkey head nebula. A composite image using data from the original Hyperstar I on a Clestron Nexstar C11 SCT, with a tiny H9C OSC CCD, and two lots of data from the 200mm lens and an M26C OSC CCD.

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A Halloween Witch’s Broom

All the data I have all put together to give this image of the Witch’s Broom nebula.

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Sometimes Your First Guess Turns Out to be the Best

Well this is quite extraordinary. I discovered a huge pile of DVDs last week and I just spent a few days downloading them all onto an HDD. The data was all very old (mostly around 2005) and is all taken … Continue reading

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The Heart of the Rose

This is the central region of the Rosette nebula. This is a composite image created using RegiStar and comprises original Hyperstar, Sky90 and Hyperstar 4 data exceeding 15-hours of total exposure time.

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The Cygnus Wall

I dug out some very old (but very nice) data from a LONG time ago. This is an image of the Cygnus Wall taken with the original Hyperstar (no collimation or camera rotation adjusters) and a tiny little H9C OSC … Continue reading

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The Cygnus Wall

A real blast from the past. Just came across this one and tarted it up a little on Paint Shop Pro. This is the Cygnus Wall region of the North America Nebula. I cannot remember the year this was taken … Continue reading

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